Example sentences of "have not [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As Peugeot has not pushed up the prices of these new models compared to the old , the PC 553 ERP represents pretty good value for money . |
2 | Certainly Ferguson has not given up the ghost of trying to land the Championship . |
3 | Eight years ago , the council gave Burton Property Trust permission to build a multi-storey car park as part of the Cornmill but it has not taken up the option . |
4 | The export market has not taken up the slack , so redundancies are coming thick and fast . |
5 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
6 | I treated myself to a night in the Ceilidh Place ; I had not given up the habit of including the dangly earrings and the flowery trousers in the rucksack . |
7 | She was grateful that Sylvie had not taken up the Princesse 's invitation to join them for the holidays and , a little guiltily , that Leo had n't either . |
8 | Fairbrother had not picked up the emphasis in that suggestion , and Richard decided to let it go . |
9 | Irina however had not picked up the seriousness of his last words . |
10 | And she just knew that , if she had not brought up the subject of Tony , he would have invited her to join him in his walk along the shore . |
11 | It was also evident that they had not weighed up the consequences . |
12 | I 've not fixed up the date yet . |
13 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |
14 | Meanwhile New Scientist understands that ministers have not taken up the offer of the Greenfield committee to hold further meetings to consider the issues of generic drugs further . |
15 | So far — perhaps because of difficulty in finding a sufficiently masochistic emissary — the Americans have not taken up the suggestion . |